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  • Two Palestinians killed by Israeli forces northwest Ramallah

    Date: 2019-03-04 09:02:08 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:16 - ID:7831680

    RAMALLAH, March 4 (MENA) - Two Palestinian citizens were killed and three others injured by Israeli occupation forces in Kafr Ni'ma, some 3 kilometers northwest of Ramallah city. The Palestinian Health Ministry said Monday that two Palestinians ....

  • Israeli navy fires at Palestinian fishermen off Gaza shores

    Date: 2019-03-04 08:30:26 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:14 - ID:7831678

    GAZA CITY, March 4 (MENA) - The Israeli navy attacked Palestinian fishing boats off northern Gaza shores on Monday. Eyewitnesses said that the Israeli gunboats opened machine-gun fire at the boats of Palestinian fishermen in areas where fishing ....

  • Israeli forces close Abu al Rish checkpoint

    Date: 2019-03-04 06:48:08 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:7 - ID:7831521

    RAMALLAH, March 4 (MENA) - Israeli forces closed Abu al Rish checkpoint near the Ibrahimi mosque in central Hebron. Eyewitnesses said the forces prevented people from reaching their houses in the vicinity of Hebron. Israeli forces erected ....

  • Political science prof. warns of repercussions of US decision to downgrade diplomatic mission in Palestine

    Date: 2019-03-03 13:25:34 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:32 - ID:7830526

    CAIRO, March 3 (MENA) - The US decision to downgrade its diplomatic mission to the Palestinian Authority represented a new step against the Palestinian people from the Trump administration, Professor of Political Science Dr Tarek Fahmi said. In ....

  • Lavrov: Solution to Palestinian-Israeli conflict ensures stability in ME, North Africa

    Date: 2019-03-03 13:20:45 GMT - Kuwait - Middle East - SN:28 - ID:7830621

    KUWAIT CITY, March 3 (MENA) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has stressed the importance of solving the Palestinian-Israeli conflict as a base for achieving stability in the region. In statements to KUNA news agency, he said a solution to ....

  • French militant linked to Paris attack killed in Syria

    Date: 2019-02-28 20:14:05 GMT - Syria - Middle East - SN:81 - ID:7827395

    DAMASCUS, Feb 28 (MENA) - The U.S.-led coalition against Daesh terrorist group said Thursday that a prominent French militant who is one of Europe's most wanted members of the extremist group has been killed in an airstrike in Syria, Fox News ....

  • Palestinian presidency welcomes UN commission’s report exposing Israeli shooting of protesters

    Date: 2019-02-28 14:25:37 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:56 - ID:7826807

    RAMALLAH, Feb 28 (MENA) - The Palestinian presidency welcomed today a report by the United Nations Independent Commission of Inquiry on the protests in the occupied Palestinian territory, which described the Israeli army shooting of Palestinian ....

  • UN says Israel's killings at Gaza protests may amount to war crimes

    Date: 2019-02-28 13:54:05 GMT - Switzerland - Middle East - SN:50 - ID:7826597

    GENEVA, Feb 28 (MENA) - UN investigators have accused Israeli soldiers of intentionally firing on civilians and said they may have committed war crimes in their lethal response to Palestinian demonstrations in Gaza, The Guardian reported. The ....

  • Israel bars 3 Palestinians from entering Al Aqsa

    Date: 2019-02-28 11:36:07 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:26 - ID:7826311

    RAMALLAH, Feb 28 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces decided to bar three Palestinians from entering Al Aqsa Mosque for a period ranging from three to six months. Meanwhile, former Palestinian deputy Khalida Jarrar, 56, was released on Wednesday ....

  • Czech FM asserts commitment to UN resolutions on Al Quds, Palestinian cause

    Date: 2019-02-28 09:38:48 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:16 - ID:7826111

    CAIRO, Feb 28 (MENA) - Czech Foreign Minister Tomáš Petříček asserted his country's full commitment to UN resolutions related to Al Quds (occupied East Jerusalem) and respect for the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR)'s resolutions ....

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